Help WikiTribune track the reactions to President Trump declaring a national emergency at the US-Mexico border

Help WikiTribune track the reactions to President Trump declaring a national emergency at the US-Mexico border

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<li><strong>Reactions supporting the decleration </strong></li>

<strong>Reactions supporting the decleration </strong>

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<em><strong>Statements</strong></em>

<em><strong>Statements</strong></em>

https://twitter.com/LindseyGrahamSC/status/1096450718335225856?s=20

https://twitter.com/LindseyGrahamSC/status/1096450718335225856?s=20

<h2><strong>Reactions against the decleration </strong></h2>

<h2><strong>Reactions against the decleration </strong></h2>

<em><strong>Statements</strong></em>

<em><strong>Statements</strong></em>

- " Declaring a national emergency would be a lawless act, a gross abuse of the power of the presidency and a desperate attempt to distract from the fact that President Trump broke his core promise to have Mexico pay for his wall. It is yet another demonstration of President Trump’s naked contempt for the rule of law. This is not an emergency, and the president’s fearmongering doesn’t make it one. He couldn’t convince Mexico, the American people or their elected representatives to pay for his ineffective and expensive wall, so now he’s trying an end-run around Congress in a desperate attempt to put taxpayers on the hook for it. The Congress will defend our constitutional authorities.”

- " Declaring a national emergency would be a lawless act, a gross abuse of the power of the presidency and a desperate attempt to distract from the fact that President Trump broke his core promise to have Mexico pay for his wall. It is yet another demonstration of President Trump’s naked contempt for the rule of law. This is not an emergency, and the president’s fearmongering doesn’t make it one. He couldn’t convince Mexico, the American people or their elected representatives to pay for his ineffective and expensive wall, so now he’s trying an end-run around Congress in a desperate attempt to put taxpayers on the hook for it. The Congress will defend our constitutional authorities.”

- 16 states have launched legal action against the use of national emergency powers, stating the use is “<a href="https://www-forbes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2019/02/19/16-states-are-suing-trump-over-his-border-wall-emergency-declaration-infographic/amp/?amp_js_v=a2&amp;amp_gsa=1&amp;usqp=mq331AQCCAE%3D#referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp;amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&amp;ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Fniallmccarthy%2F2019%2F02%2F19%2F16-states-are-suing-trump-over-his-border-wall-emergency-declaration-infographic%2F">unconstitutional and unlawful</a>.”

- 16 states have launched legal action against the use of national emergency powers, stating the use is “<a href="https://www-forbes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2019/02/19/16-states-are-suing-trump-over-his-border-wall-emergency-declaration-infographic/amp/?amp_js_v=a2&amp;amp_gsa=1&amp;usqp=mq331AQCCAE%3D#referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp;amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&amp;ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Fniallmccarthy%2F2019%2F02%2F19%2F16-states-are-suing-trump-over-his-border-wall-emergency-declaration-infographic%2F">unconstitutional and unlawful</a>.”

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